Pendeba Society started medical support project in remote areas
On February 8, 2013, the Pendeba Society has successfully received support from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to implement a project that offers medical support including precious traditional Tibetan medicine to local villagers living in border areas in QNNP. As a grassroots organization, the Pendeba Society is appreciative of the support from the central government. Through implementing this project, we aim to promote the role of social organizations in serving the society, increasing social services, improving livelihoods, and promoting socialism and building harmonious society.
In order to better implement the project, fulfill its expected results and ensure fair benefit, the Pendeba Society, together with local government and community leaders, started the project on May 16th, 2013 when the busy agricultural production season can be avoided. Tsering Norbu, Executive Director of the Society and Gingko Fellow of Narada Foundation, led the implementation of the project. The project aims to address difficulties in medical treatment and facilities for pour local villagers living in remote areas.
During this project, the Pendeba Society invited Mr. Tashi Tsering as chief doctor. Mr. Tashi Tsering is the former director of Nyalam County Hospital/Nyalam County Health Bureau, who holds 38-year experience in practicing medicine. The Society also brought many famous and precious traditional Tibetan medicines to the project sites for local villagers who could come for medical diagnose and consultation.
Mr. Tashi Tsering carefully diagnosed each villager who came for medical consultation and medicine. For those who could not move easily, the project staff would come in their home, and gave them medical check and medicine. Many villagers came for medical check. In order to ensure fair treatment and effectiveness of the project, the Society has made relevant lists to record the medicine distribution history. Many villagers have expressed their gratitude to the project. “I have only heard of some of the medicines since I was born, but I have never had them before,” one old man murmured, “now you sent these medicines to my home, and finally I could see and have them. How could not I be so excited?!”
After 10-day arduous traveling, the Society has provided medical check service and medicines for over 2500 villagers in 10 villages in QNNP. The project has better addressed some difficulties of local villagers to get medical consultation and medicines, and gained much praise. The Society has traveled more than 4000 km so far for the project, and will continue the project in Gyerong, Tingkey and Tingri Counties, offering service for over 3000 villagers in the region.
In order to better promote the project, the Society has made posters in both Chinese and Tibetan, and before each service, the staffer also introduced the background of the project to have local villagers better understand the project. The Society will keep updating the project activities through various means including website and Weibo, letting more people know what is happening on the ground.